Get Me Off This Island

Rating: 1/10 (7 August 2005)

Normally, I'd provide a synopsis of the movie. However, I'm not willing to devote that much time to this flick. I expected an interesting spin on the debate over cloning with some cool action scenes thrown in for good measure. At least that's what the preview of the movie led me to believe. However, I left the theater extremely disappointed.
Part of what makes a movie intriguing for me is the air of plausibility in the midst of a fictional plot. The writers of the Island obviously don't share that view point. Among the wackiness we are supposed to buy into:
The clones are educated and mentally developed to the level of a teenager. However, they are taught nothing of sex so they have no sexual desire. Perhaps this is a subtle plug for abstinence crusaders. Uh maybe it is just me, but I could have sworn the teenage years were right around the time when hormones began their active period.
Men and women among the clones are prevented from getting too close one another to prevent any physical attractions,desires for sex to kick in. I guess the writers never saw an attractive person from across the room and became aroused.
People would pay millions to buy a clone of themselves but never actually see the clone.
I could go on and on about the stupidity of this plot. However, that is more attention than this dud of a movie deserves. Skip it at the theater, avoid it in the bargain DVD bin, and by all means turn the channel when it hits cable TV.